Re: Binary Directorys

1998-02-25 Thread Michael Beattie
On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, Oliver Elphick wrote: > Michael Beattie wrote: > > > >Is there any significant difference between /bin|/sbin and > >/usr/bin|/usr/sbin ??? I am just interested as to why there are two bin > >and sbin directorys. > > Stuff in /usr may not be present when the machine fi

Re: Binary Directorys

1998-02-24 Thread Oliver Elphick
Michael Beattie wrote: > >Is there any significant difference between /bin|/sbin and >/usr/bin|/usr/sbin ??? I am just interested as to why there are two bin >and sbin directorys. Stuff in /usr may not be present when the machine first boots - if /usr is a separate partition. Programs in

Re: Binary Directorys

1998-02-24 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, /bin and /sbin are usually on the root partition, availabel at startup; but th eroot partition has generally been small. /usr is generally larger, but not available at boot. manoj -- "Any medium powerful enough to extend man's reach is powerful enough to topple his world.

Binary Directorys

1998-02-24 Thread Michael Beattie
Is there any significant difference between /bin|/sbin and /usr/bin|/usr/sbin ??? I am just interested as to why there are two bin and sbin directorys. Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ---